The high-tech doorbell maker's app is rife with unlisted third-party trackers that collect data from users’ devices, according to a report by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
The information includes users’ full names, email addresses, IP addresses, mobile network carriers and data about sensors installed in the phone, according to the civil liberties group, whose work focuses on privacy and other digital rights.
notes that the company uses third-party analytics services and participates in “ad networks” that enable it to target messaging by collecting information “through automated means, including through the use of cookies, web server logs, web beacons and other similar technologies.”Ring’s list of third-party analytics servicesAppsFlyer, a mobile marketing analytics company, collects information on user actions within the Ring app and on calibration settings and sensors installed on the device.
Bringing together some of the data Ring provides could show, hypothetically, that you opened a game, or that you joined a Wi-Fi hotspot in your home, Budington said. The more information collected, the better a company can put together a picture of what you’re doing in your digital life. Budington noted that Ring may not necessarily be in violation of its own privacy policy. But he said Ring’s privacy policy is too broad and vague and it’s concerning that even the company’s list of third-party services is not accurate.
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